Can intensive silviculture contribute to sustainable forest management in northern ecosystems?

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-295

  Lautenschlager, R A ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economics; Fibre production; Forest management; Integrated landscape management; Intensive silviculture; Social concerns; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CULTURE; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

EID: 0034159831     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc76283-2     Document Type: Article

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